ࡱ> GIF'` 6bjbj 42K8<,!2T^" ,!.!.!.!.!.!.!$"hG%R!<<<R!g!...<,!.<,!..:,r H 8 ,!}!0! R-&N-&r r &-& .{5R!R!X!<<<<   Bible Times according to Bishop James Ussher of Ulster (1581-1656) Ussher was Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity College in Dublin. In his studies of the Bible, he formulated a chronology and timeline based upon the dates given in Scripture. John Lightfoot (1602-1675), Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, was a contemporary of Ussher. Sunday, October 23, 4004 BC the Creation of the World. As a Protestant bishop in a Catholic land, Usshers obsession with providing an accurate Biblical history stemmed from a desire to establish the superiority of the scholarship practiced by the clergy of his reformed faith over that of the Jesuits, the resolutely intellectual Roman Catholic order. (Ussher had absolutely nothing good to say about papists and their superstitious faith and erroneous doctrine.) Ussher committed himself to establishing a date for Creation that could withstand any challenge. He located and studied thousands of ancient books and manuscripts, written in many different languages. By the time of his death, he had amassed a library of over 10,000 volumes. The date forever tied to Bishop Ussher appears in the first paragraph of the first page of The Annals. Ussher wrote: In the beginning, God created heaven and earth, which beginning of time, according to this chronology, occurred at the beginning of the night which preceded the 23rd of October in the year 710 of the Julian period. In the right margin of the page, Ussher computes the date in Christian time as 4004 B.C. Although Ussher brought stunning precision to his chronology, Christians for centuries had assumed a history roughly corresponding to his. The Bible itself provides all the information necessary to conclude that Creation occurred less than 5,000 years before the birth of Christ. Shakespeare, in As You Like It, has his character Rosalind say, The poor world is almost six thousand years old. Martin Luther, the great reformer, favored (liking the round number) 4000 B.C. as a date for creation. Astronomer Johannes Kepler concluded that 3992 B.C. was the probable date. Monday, November 10, 4004 BC Adam and Eve were driven from Paradise.  HYPERLINK "http://www.sacred-texts.com/time/timeline.htm" http://www.sacred-texts.com/time/timeline.htm  HYPERLINK "http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/ussher.html" http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/ussher.html  HYPERLINK "http://www.gospelpedlar.com/articles/Bible/chronology.html" http://www.gospelpedlar.com/articles/Bible/chronology.html Biblical times according to Spirit of The Reformation Study Bible and other sources 2000 BC Abraham 1446 BC the Exodus from Egypt 1406 BC the Death of Moses 1040 to 970 BC David 970 to 930 BC Solomon 950 586 BC Solomons Temple 930 BC the Kingdom Divided Judah (south, two tribes) and Israel (north, ten tribes) 722 BC Israel taken into captivity by the Assyrians 586 BC Judah taken into captivity by the Babylonians Bibllical Times according to Answers In Genesis (  HYPERLINK "http://www.answersingenesis.org/" http://www.answersingenesis.org/ ) 0 Creation 0 to 930 Adam, the first man Gen 5:3-5 874 to 1651 Lamech (father of Noah) Gen 5:25-28 1056 to 2006 Noah Gen 5:28-32 1656 the Noahic Flood Gen 7:6 1879 to 2084 Terah (father of Abraham) Gen 11:24-32 2009 to 2184 Abraham Gen 11:26 25:11 The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America established a study committee to investigate the different interpretations of creation. Their report to the 28th General Assembly can be found online at this link:  HYPERLINK "http://www.pcahistory.org/creation/report.html" http://www.pcahistory.org/creation/report.html In short, members of the committee affirmed the following points unanimously: The Scriptures, including Genesis 1-3, are the inerrant Word of God. Genesis 1-3 was written under inspiration by Moses as true history. God created everything out of nothing, including Adam and Eve. We recognize that a naturalistic worldview and true Christian faith are impossible to reconcile, and gladly take our stand with Biblical supernaturalism. 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